Sam Peters a fraud and I bought into it!

What happened is he thought he was invincible. He started to believe too much in his durability and made the worst mistake any heavyweight can make, which is walking in with your hands down.

McCline is not a monster puncher or finisher, but he is 6'6 and 260lbs. Walking into his punches is not a good idea.

There is a reason why guys like McCall have never been dropped. And that is because they keep their hands up walking in. You'll never catch McCall making the mistake Sam made tonight. And you can chalk that up to inexperience and a little bit of over confidence.

However I will maintain that Robert Ortega did a disgustingly bad job in this one. The excessive clinching was as evident in this as the Waldo fiasco. Should Sam Peter ever expect to get a fair shake against big men, my suggestion is to steer well clear of MSG. Whose namesake saw John Ruiz become a champion and has continued this awful trend of letting big men lean and wrestle with smaller men inside.

I'm glad all the bandwagoneers are jumping ship. This test will prove who really knows what they are talking about. When Sam rebounds and rebounds big you'll all look foolish. He made a mistake and fought his heart out to correct it, which he did. Time will tell.

 

Ambition-Def.....ref was bad n not picking up on the clinching, but not the low blows? What excuse are you going to find for Peter for doing that?

 

I suggest you watch Ruiz vs Johnson. That'll show you how you intentionally draw low blows.

 

Why, thank you......I think!

 

That is a classic statement right there and so true.

Peter was always a limited fighter, hyped to the maximum by the American boxing media as a challenger to the evil Euro's like Wlad and co.:deal

 

Peters "TRUE AGE" is catching up with him!!!!!!

 

Maybe I'm just trying to save face here but I saw Peter win about 8 or 9 rounds in this fight and recover from 3 knockdowns. It's disappointing cuz alot of us thought as Peter as being a real monster in there but in the end he got out with the belt and lives to fight another day. A loss would have been absolutely devastating for him. That uppercut really hurt him. I thought it was just a slip at the end of the round but seeing the replay made me think to myself "oh ****."

I felt bad for McCline here cuz this was his last chance and though I don't feel he did enough to win I gotta tip my hat to him for giving everything he had. This after that knee injury. Damn. Boxing is a tough business.

 

Do any of you guys think that McCline should get a rematch? Or is Peter just to slick for him. :huh

 

you kept your word and i respect that. i'll look forward to reading your posts next month.

 

honestly, i don't think wlad did much to damage peter's chin. even if wlad landed bombs all night, one fight usually doesn't do enough damage to wreck a fighter like that. what seems more reasonable to me is that peter finally ran into a guy that didn't give a f&ck, and thus, was exposed

 

I never bought the hype on Sam Peter, I have heard the "guy with unbelievable power" angle too many times...show me someone with a good amat career, a top promoter, and a good trainer....

This is not to say I'm some kind of expert..I thought Jason Litzau (this is about 2 years ago) was going to be the next Ray Leonard

 

How was the fight scored that wide for Peter when McCline scored 3 knockdowns?

 

i never though litzau would be a great fighter, but i also never expected him to go full litzau either. and by 'full litzau' i mean he's such a bust that he's created an entire new category of disapointment.